Thejaseathu namo Dhenu paaline loka paaline
Radhaa payodharotsanga saayine Sesha saayine!
Leela Shuka is extremely excited at the direct appearance of his beloved Lord before his eyes! He describes the form of Krishna. “Krishna has been permeating in all his words and thoughts! It is because of his great fortune that the Lord has condescended to come down with His beautiful moonlike face capable of making the entire universe happy! He has, with the sweet nectarine music from the flute, mesmerized all creatures in the world! Am I not the most fortunate mortal in the world?”
Leela Shuka offers his obeisance to the radiant Lord Krishna who now stands before his eyes! In his ecstasy at the sight of Krishna, Leela Shuka exclaims, “ I offer my pranams to that dazzling radiant form that reclines on the great Adi Sesha, the One who sustains all the worlds, that form that is the Parabrahman itself! To prove that He is easily accessible to all He sleeps over the chest of His paramour Radha! Not only this, He tends cows and hence is called a cowherd!”
Lord Vishnu is always represented as reclining on the huge serpent Adi Sesha with Goddess Lakshmi Devi pressing the Lord's legs gently! It is also believed that the entire burden of the universe is borne by Adi Sesha on his thousand heads! It is a well known fact that Lakshmana, in the Ramayana, is the Avatar of Adi Sesha. It is said that I Adi Sesha wanted to be born as the elder brother of Vishnu! Hence according to his wish he is born as Balarama, elder to Krishna in Dwapara yuga! In Treta Yuga Lakshmana served Sri Rama as his younger brother!
Radha is praised as the beloved of Krishna. Not much is known about her family or origin. There is a story that the wife of Indra, king of Devas, went to Vaikunta and was spellbound at the glory of Vishnu. Unwittingly, she fell in love with the Lord and expressed her strange desire! Vishnu had a hearty laugh and promised her the chance during Dwapara Yuga when he would be born as Krishna! The Love of Radha and Krishna is immortalized in the “ Gita Govinda” Kavya of Jayadeva’s, a Bengali poet! Their love is considered as pure and idealistic. Radha is considered as the Individual Soul or Jivatma and Krishna as “ paramatma.” Merging of the Jivatma into the “ Paramatma is the ultimate goal of Existence!!
Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheswara are called the Trinity or Trimurthies! Brahma is the Creator, Vishnu the protector and Maheswara or Siva the destroyer! It is the prerogative of Vishnu to protect the world, establish Dharma and annihilate Evil. Thus we find Vishnu coming down in His ten Avatars and destroying various Asuras to save sages and Dharma. He is the One who looks after the well being of all creatures!
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